Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Newscrunch Theme by WordPress
CVE-2025-1307

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Newscrunch
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 March 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟣 EPSS 11%

What is CVE-2025-1307?

The Newscrunch theme for WordPress contains a security flaw that allows authenticated users, starting from Subscriber-level access, to perform arbitrary file uploads. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper capability checks in the newscrunch_install_and_activate_plugin() function, impacting all versions up to and including 1.8.4.1. Successful exploitation may lead to remote code execution on the server, posing significant risks to website security.

Affected Version(s)

Newscrunch * <= 1.8.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscrunch/1.8....
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sf...

EPSS Score

11% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Chloe Chamberland
.